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The tents and residents of Aklavik, Northwest Territories.

Alex Stefansson, back right, poses with two other Inuit boys in Aklavik, Northwest Territories. Alex is the son of Mrs. Stefansson and famed Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured…

Alex Stefansson poses with two husky puppies at Aklavik, Northwest Territories. Alex is the son of Mrs. Stefansson and famed Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson.This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern…

Florence, Miriam Green Ellis, Wilfred Reid ("Wop") May and Tubbie, at the Lacombe airfield in 1920.

First Nations parents and other family members in the audience of a school concert at the Catholic mission at Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories.

B. Beuer, the Manager of the Union Bank of Canada in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, pictured inside the bank.

An Inuit couple, Billy Kemitsema and Mona Kemitsema, pose with two Anglican priests, Reverend E. Hester and Bishop Lucas. According to Miriam Green Ellis, Billy was Mr. Hester's assistant, and Mona was the niece of Mrs. Stefansson.

A birch bark canoe, set on the shore at Fort Norman (now Norman Wells), Northwest Territories. This image is also represented among Miriam Green Ellis' hand-coloured magic lantern slides.

A group photo in front of the Catholic mission at Providence, Northwest Territories. The group includes the First Nations children resident at the mission, segregated by gender, and the priests and nuns running it.

Portrait of Bishop Lucas, an Anglican missionary to the Northwest Territories.